Tag Archives: protest

Fraiku: Tehran and Washington

Posted on 2022/10/07 by Bartholomew Barker

Women march in the streetprotesting theocracymaybe Gods are the problem

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Earth Day 2022

Posted on 2022/04/26 by Bartholomew Barker

For today’s prompt (the final Two-for-Tuesday prompt of the month), write a love and/or anti-love poem. Earth Day 2022for Wynn Bruce You sacrificed yourself for us— for all of us outside the Supreme Court While we drove our hybrids wrote … Continue reading →

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Angry Summer Sonnet

Posted on 2020/06/22 by Bartholomew Barker

Angry Summer Sonnet Do not put your fist through drywall or glass. Do not screech frustration behind shuttered windows. Knock on neighbor’s door. Anger leads to action and action to change. Bring everyone you know. Punch the sky. Let the … Continue reading →

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Let Freedom Ring

Posted on 2018/04/04 by Bartholomew Barker

None of the prompts today inspired so I wrote about something else. Let Freedom Ring He fought for our freedom unlike the young men drafted to Vietnam or any who have volunteered since for Afghanistan or Iraq. He fought for … Continue reading →

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